27 April 2024 Low-cost Raspberry Pi star sensor for small satellites. II: StarberrySense flight and in-orbit performance
Bharat P. Chandra, Binukumar G. Nair, Shubhangi Jain, Shubham Jankiram Ghatul, Mahesh Babu S., Rekhesh Mohan, Margarita Safonova, Jayant Murthy
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Abstract

Star sensors are an essential instrument used to determine the attitude of satellites by identifying the stars in the field of view. The high cost and large sizes of commercially available star sensors pose challenges for small satellite missions. We at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics have developed a low-cost star sensor, StarberrySense, based on the Raspberry Pi as the main controller and built from commercial off-the-shelf components. The StarberrySense was flown on the PS4 experimental orbital platform module of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle C-55 by the Indian Space Research Organization. This work describes the flight hardware, environmental tests in preparation for the flight, and in-orbit performance of our StarberrySense.

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Bharat P. Chandra, Binukumar G. Nair, Shubhangi Jain, Shubham Jankiram Ghatul, Mahesh Babu S., Rekhesh Mohan, Margarita Safonova, and Jayant Murthy "Low-cost Raspberry Pi star sensor for small satellites. II: StarberrySense flight and in-orbit performance," Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 10(2), 026002 (27 April 2024). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.10.2.026002
Received: 28 November 2023; Accepted: 3 April 2024; Published: 27 April 2024
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KEYWORDS
Star sensors

Satellites

Stars

Vibration

Equipment

Astrophysics

Astrometry

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